Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-20

noon. He was trying to walk upon the
logs that filled the creek below the falls
and fell into the water. He had sunk
twice before Johnnie Wooster, who was
neal by, could lay hold of him and get
him out.
Mr.. Frank c. Hall, clerk at the Addison
House, was called to his home in Lebanon
n. H., Saturday, by a telegram announc-
ing the serious injury of his father by the
bursting of a grindstone, a piece of which
struck him. a telegram from Mr.. Hall,
Wednesday. said that his father vas
worse, and that his recovery is considered
doubtful.
The name of the gentleman who is to
deliver the Internationally address here is
Rev. w. 5. Smart, ID. D.. He is pastor
of the First Congregational church in
Albany, n. V. a meeting of Grand
Army men was held at the Logan House
the other evening to make the final ar
engagements, appoint committees, etc.
The committees will be announced next
week.
The third lecture on "Africa" by Rev.
DR.. White was given before a large con-
gregation at the Methodist church on
Sunday evening. The speaker described
the Waterways, the mountain scenery,
the fora and fauna of the Congo Free
State and dwelt at some length on the
people, who, contrary to the generally
accepted notion, are a fine race, entirely
unlike the negroes of the coast. They
have large cities, with municipalities, rich
merchants and a certain sort of civiliza-
ton. 1t was the best of the lectures so
far. Pending the return of Rev. Mr..
Speare, arrangements for the next lecture
have not yet been made. Our report OF
the previous lecture contained a state
ment that may mislead. We made DR.,
White say of the Free State: but as yet
the region is untitled for white mel
owing to the malarial fevers which the
country, however, has in its colored pop
ulation those who can endure the climate
and are thus fitted to open up this ricl
country to commerce., civilization anC
Christianity" ''This country" means, OF
course, the United States. The speaker
urged the necessity of educating the
negroes of the southern States in ordel
that they might christianize Africa.
The logs which the Green Mountain
Pulp Co. had cut in Goshen and Brandon
during the winter were put into the creel
at the latter place. Saturday afternoon
to bedriven to the mills below this village
The bulk of them reached here Monday
though the last did not get along til
Wednesday noon, when the men Wh'
were following them to start those tina
dropped by the way also arrived. Thu
logs that first came went into the edd,
and by Tuesday noon its surface was Gov
cred. as were the rocks below the falls
Yesterday the men were hard at work i
clearing off the falls and cleaning out tn
eddy. These logs all 90 to the Hunting
ton Falls mill, where they are stopped b
"A boom that confines them in the pom
above the the dam. The drive was MAJ
aged by Connecticut river log driver,
: three of whom were brought up fror
Bellows Falls to do the job. They ar
, very clever handlers of logs, and man
: citizens have been interested in watchin
them work. The water of the creek fel
with unusual rapidity the early part @
the week and its sudden Swallowing il
terfered somewhat with the success c
the drive. Tuesday afternoon the log
"iammed" in the falls here and in a shol
= time the creek was full of them clea
above the highway bridge. But it too
the men in charge only a few minutes t
clear them out when they got at it.